Master of Professional Writing Program explained
A Master of Professional Writing Program is a type of graduate degree program in professional writing. Chatham University in Pennsylvania has an online MPW program.[1] The University of Southern California's MPW program ended in May 2016,[2] [3] [4] [5] at which point it moved to the Vermont College of Fine Arts under the new name the School of Writing and Publishing.[6]
Notable alumni of the USC program
- Millicent Borges Accardi, poet and recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, author of four poetry books
- Mark Andrus, author of As Good as It Gets and Life as a House
- Margaret Davis, author of biographies of William Mulholland and Edward L. Doheny
- Frederick Johnson, Emmy- and WGA Award-winning writer of daytime television serials
- Charlotte Laws, author and animal rights advocate
- EM Lewis, playwright
- Sandra Tsing Loh, radio commentator and author
- Gina Nahai, author of Cry of the Peacock
- Greg Rucka, writer of novels and comic books
- Ann Seaman, author of biographies of Jimmy Swaggart and Madalyn Murray O'Hair
- Charles_Harper_Webb, poet, Guggenheim Fellow
- Lee Wochner, playwright
Notable faculty of the USC program
- Shelley Berman, humor writing
- Nan Cohen, poetry
- Syd Field, screenwriting
- Janet Fitch, fiction
- Noel Riley Fitch, non-fiction
- Donald Freed, playwriting
- Amy Gerstler, poetry
- Dana Goodyear, non-fiction
- Janet Irvin, fiction
- Marty Isenberg, animation
- Irvin Kershner, cinema/TV
- Jerome Lawrence, playwriting
- Dinah Lenney, non-fiction
- Gerald Locklin, poetry, fiction
- Larry the Cable Guy, cinema/TV
- MG Lord, non-fiction
- Shelly Lowenkopf, fiction, publishing
- David Scott Milton, playwriting
- Gina Nahai, fiction
- Gabrielle Pina, fiction
- Robert Pirosh, cinema/TV
- Beata Pozniak, drama/film/TV
- Michael Price, animation writing
- James Ragan, poetry and program director for 25 years[7]
- John Rechy, fiction
- Aram Saroyan, poetry, fiction
- Sy Gomberg, screenwriter
- Hubert Selby Jr., fiction
- Melville Shavelson, cinema/TV
- Gay Talese, non-fiction
- Shirley Thomas, technical writing
- Kenneth Turan, film
- Lee Wochner, playwriting
- Richard Yates, fiction
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.chatham.edu/mpw/ Master of Professional Writing (MPW)
- http://dailytrojan.com/2014/01/23/students-react-to-untimely-closing-of-mpw-program/ Students react to untimely closing of MPW Program
- http://www.laweekly.com/2014-02-20/news/uscs-business-decision-to-ax-its-master-of-professional-writing-program-leaves-unanswered-questions/ USC's "Business Decision" to Ax Its Master of Professional Writing Program Leaves Unanswered Questions
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140303151356/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/21/entertainment/la-et-jc-usc-mpw-program-to-close-in-2016-students-try-to-save-it-20140120 USC's MPW program to close in 2016 - but students want to save it
- Web site: USC: Master of Professional Writing . 2014-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141012210732/http://dornsife.usc.edu/mpw . 2014-10-12 . dead .
- Web site: Kellogg . Carolyn . USC's MPW program moves to Vermont College of Fine Arts . Los Angeles Times . 2014-05-01 . 2019-04-17.
- Web site: James Ragan biography . Poetry Foundation . 2019-04-17.
